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So, are they.eschewing religion becase of the mysogny but still believe the god bullshit ? Or because of the patently obvious bullshit about the god thing, ?

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I wonder if the people leaving religion are stumbling/switching into things like witchcraft, esoteric, astrology.

it makes sense usa does alot of non religious practices

who went on to earn a master’s degree in divinity.

That doesn't sound like, "becoming less religious" to me.

[...] a potentially worrisome trend of young women eschewing religion.

Say what?

Edit: Never mind. I skipped over the phrase "for churches," which explains to whom this would be worrisome.

The major Abrahamic religions tend to be misogynistic, though some are better than others. It's unsurprising that they're tired of it.

I have mixed feelings on this. I grew up in a secular setting as my father had long ago given up on religion and my mother seemed ambivalent about it.

As an adult, I moved to a new city with my wife who is religious, though non-evangelical. She never tried to push me into it but would disappear every Sunday morning. But after a decade or so of feeling like a stranger in my adopted city, I attended a service where I discovered they were in desperate need for musicians. So I wound up volunteering some time and in the process, met a lot of people, and one thing led to another. Today, I do have friends in the city, play in various bands around town, etc.

Yet I still haven't really bought into religion. I guess the value to me is that it gets my introverted ass out of the house and meeting people irl. As a community institution, it brings together people of varying ages and demographics. But it comes with a huge amount of baggage which I could frankly do without?

I just hope that if religion fades away, there will still be something at the community level that gathers together people regularly from all walks of life. There are all sorts of special interest groups, but many of these do not necessarily attract a wide cross-section of society.

Whatever the case, when a church closes as a religious institution, I hope that it can be repurposed to some other activity that is still community-building?

Having religion in politics has ruined both. It makes politicians uncompromising since they believe they have God on their side and thus people they disagree with as the devil. This forces those within a church to decide on their values and their church. This drives people out of the church until only the craziest remain. This was inevitable and they both deserve it

Family traditions, even ones that are actively harmful, are hard to break. This religion often seems more than an emotionally abusive relationship

1 Corinthians 14:33-35 (NIV). Comments are in superscript:
For God is not a God of disorder but of peace—as in all the congregations of the Lord’s people. ^(Gaslighting.^ ^Also,^ ^Jesus^ ^says^ ^that^ ^he's^ ^here^ ^to^ ^fuck^ ^shit^ ^up^ ^(Luke^ ^12:49-53.),^ ^so^ ^either^ ^Paul^ ^or^ ^Jesus^ ^is^ ^wrong/lying.^ ^This^ ^assumes^ ^that^ ^God^ ^is^ ^real,^ ^and^ ^that^ ^the^ ^Bible^ ^is^ ^an^ ^accurate^ ^representation^ ^of^ ^what^ ^Jesus^ ^said).^

Women should remain silent in the churches. They are not allowed to speak, but must be in submission, as the law says. ^(Shut-up^ ^and^ ^obey^ ^me^ ^woman)^
If they want to inquire about something, they should ask their own husbands at home; for it is disgraceful for a woman to speak in the church. ^(nothing^ ^that^ ^you^ ^say^ ^has^ ^value^ ^to^ ^anyone^ ^who^ ^isn't^ ^fucking^ ^you,^ ^and^ ^even^ ^then...)^

When one of my buddies got married, his wife wanted it done at her family church back home even though neither are currently religious.

Part of the ceremony included her to swear to always obey any request her husband makes, no matter what.

And not in like an offhand mention thing during vows that gets glossed over.

It was a separate part where she had to explicitly agree to do anything her husband says.

He stills pulls it out as a joke when they disagree over stupid shit.

I have no idea why it's taken so long for women to leave the Abrahmic religions.